thậm
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 甚.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]thậm
- (Northern Vietnam, colloquial, dated) verily; extremely; very much so
- 1907, Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh, “Đốt pháo”, in Đại Nam Đăng Cổ Tùng Báo:
- Duy có cái điều đốt pháo là thậm giã-man, thậm hay sinh phiền, thậm vô-lý, thì anh em ta nên bỏ dứt hẳn đi.
- However, only the firecrackers are utterly uncivilized, extremely troublesome, and so verily useless, so we should stop using them completely.
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